effects of an extended period of less oil and/or otherlimited resources?

T he 1973 oil embargo affected not just the United States but other oil-dependent nations. I lived in London at the time at an international youth hostel and worked for a British construction firm that built oil pipelines. At every petrol station, cars lined up for hours (as in the United States), but the English immediately cut their dependency through conservation in a way that Americans never did. The government stipulated that the people should go without heat for half of each week and without lights for the other half. Individuals and businesses that did not comply were fined heavily and written up in the next day